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early in his administration back in 1983 present reagan hosted soccer all-stars at the white house members of team america. to introduce the event he explained quote soccer as you know is a worldwide sport has been increasing in popularity here in america by leaps and bounds in the past few years. that certainly gives you a sense of perspective how far or how fast popularity of soccer has grown in these last few decades its not miss his allegiance when the populate of soccer to anybody thesese days today we ae gathered in advance of the world cup draw taking place here in washington d.c. where mexico, the united states and canada prepared to host 2026 world cup. the world cup and soccer it self are important not just because they are popular they bring the nations of the world together. even in times of conflict, war, political, economicno we find a way to w put aside differences r civil competition on the soccer field port mostly at civil i will say. promoting civility is part of our mission here is a reagan institute we launch the center on civility and democracy to highlight how working

today, a pentagon spokesman called the report a total exoneration and the white house said president trump stands behind secretary hegseth. but the report is the latest blow to the embattled secretary who has spent days trying to explain this september attack on a suspected drug boat off the coast of venezuela after this first strike, a second missile was fired, reportedly targeting two survivors. international law prohibits killing enemy combatants who no longer pose a threat. the day after the attack, hegseth said he watched it happen. >> i watched it live. we knew exactly who was in that boat. we knew what they were doing. >> reporter: now he claims he only watched the first strike. >> i did not personally see survivors, but i stand -- because the thing was on fire. exploded, fire, smoke, you can't see it. you have digital -- this is called the fog of war. >> reporter: the secretary insists he wasn't the one who ordered the second strike. instead, pointing the finger at the mission's commander, admiral mitch bradley. sont selina wang asking president trump if he will release the v

after a shooting near the white house involving an afghan national, us president donald trump moved to halt immigration from what he called third world countries, action that highlighted the xenophobia running through american politics. it wasn't an isolated moment. a similar approach is now being directed at the somali community. u.s. federal authorities have announced a targeted immigration enforcement operation in minnesota in the coming days with focus on somali immigrants. i know many families are fearful tonight, but i want you to know that... minneapolis stand behind you, we love this city, this is home, we're not going anywhere. meanwhile, trump has unleashed a xenophobic attack on somali immigrants, labeling them as garbage. we're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. ilan omar is garbage, she's garbage, her friends are garbage. in response, congresswoman ilen omar stated that president donald trump's language endangers the lives of somali people across the united states. she also said that trump's words make the country look stupid, that lan

on this message, because this very synchrony shows that in the united states of america, in the white house, in the state department, they actually do not understand that putin is not even fighting for 20% of ukrainian territories, not for 20% of the donetsk region, he is fighting for a sphere of influence, he is fighting for the fact that through ukraine he will be able to influence further processes, further world processes, processes related to europe, and actually this is precisely putin's strategic goal, to move on to such a dialogue with... the united states of america and china, where it is the third pole of the world, so this whole story with this speech by rubio shows a lack of understanding at the moment of what putin actually wants, a lack of understanding of the very philosophy of this war, and i will remind you that it is definitely not about territories, well, let's put it this way, how much they... it is on the mental level, on the level of yes, a great clash of two civilizational worlds, we identify ourselves with europe, we understand that we are part of europe, when russia

now this comes as the white white house has just announced that that us envoys steve witkoff and and jared kushner will meet ukrainian ukrainian representatives in miami miami on thursday. we should say say earlier, a kremlin official had had said that it was wrong to suggest suggest that vladimir putin had rejected rejected all parts of a us peace peace plan to end the war in ukraine, ukraine, despite five hours of talks <

the white house's demands. administration is threatening to withhold that money used to administer snap benefits as early as next week. the usda spokesperson says it's only the administrative funds that could be withheld and not the snap benefits themselves. the white house wants states to turn over information, including immigration status on their snap benefit recipients. according to the administration. 22 states and washington, d.c., are now suing to block the white house's push for that information which was requested by the administration in february. a federal judge, though, has barred the administration, at least for now from collecting the information from those states. despite that the white house has given those states until monday to comply or now risk losing the snap administration funds. federal law does allow the usda to withhold some of the money states receive for administering snap. if there's a pattern of non compliance with certain federal regulations, the white house is leaning on that regu

come from the pentagon school from the white house. now the white house is insisting this is about stopping the slope of drugs into the united states, particularly fentanyl. donald trump said, you've got these boats, they've got quite vengeance. they've got huge boxes on the, on the back of them. what are they doing if they're not up to no good, although there is be no concrete. provided that they all the drugs, boats. i don't, but i, ministry, i'm lists of questions whether or not this is the case, some upset that the fact that there are warships here seems like overkill for a possible against drugs. there is also a lot of questions about the size of the build up. it's $15000.00, it is the largest here in the kind of a since the cuban missile crisis. many, unless say it is too small for a land invasion. although the president has alluded to any kind of land action in venezuela being solely targeted at drugs were not likely to say at least at the moment, based on what we believe to seize us time is running through the streets of caraca

the white house has indicated they might support one, they might not. ly, to bring folks along. i have had conversations with nearly three dozen republicans in the house. who have expressed pretty strong support for the concept, but they are concerned, i think, about where the president comes down. >> bret: it's time, "the washington post," health insurance cost could say spike as bipartisan aca deal looks less likely with time dwindling, senate democrats still haven't released their plan extend the subsidies for unknown duration, house democrats pushing for three year extension it's clear there are not enough senate republicans willing to support any extension, especially without significant g.o.p. concerns about fraud and whether subsidized plans will cover abortion. the clock is ticking, right, congressman? >> that's right. we are talking the end of this month and people are going to see a massive increase in premiums, 22 million people. who are these people, by the way? this is a message i have for folks in my own party, a lot of them are the sort of

well, sometimes what's in the way in a healthy, functioning pentagon or white house are lawyers who try to protect people from their own worst instincts. some of that seems to have been cleared out. i want to thank retired major general stephen lepper and david rothkopf, foreign policy expert, both of you on this topic. thank you. tonight, we're also going to see for the first time these newly released videos and pictures from epstein island, part of the ongoing release from congress. and later tonight, 50 cent is here on his big, some say controversial and now news making documentary about sean diddy combs, including these new videos. never before seen footage from inside diddy's camp before the arrest. >> i've been out in the streets amongst the people. i got to take it back. i got to go under the water. water got to be boiling hot. put it doesn't sit well with us, your hard-earned money sitting in traditional bank accounts, collecting more dust than interest. so we reimagined savings with vanguard cash plus, to offer up to 8 times more interest. i like that. vanguard. ♪ the sheets ar

but that is a phrase that this white house uses a lot. it's one the president himself has used a ton and used after the mueller investigation ended, for example. and obviously, as you. >> know, also not a total exoneration. >> the reality is more complicated than that phrase suggests. and i think it's something the white house had been bracing for. they knew it wasn't going to be a report that was glowing, or put the defense secretary in a good light. i think the issue that is facing them, and one that the officials i've spoken to today realize, is that this is coming at a time when hegseth is under intense scrutiny for these airstrikes on this alleged drug boat, and whether or not that second strike, whether they knew there were survivors when they struck and why they did so, and the way this white house this term has registered, whether something is really a criticism or something, a problem they have to deal with, not just scrutiny that they're facing on television is what congressional republicans are saying about it, specifically, se

increasingly, more republicans say this is a way to get johnson and trump's attention. >> if the white housethey would be in a strong position. this is awake for us to put in our input. >> the dynamics for house republicans are not just palace intrigue. they will determine how affordable care act subsidies are addressed. geoff: you have spoken to house republicans about speaker johnson. how serious are there concerns? lisa: we have seen speaker johnson navigate against the odds, some of the policy concerns to get through large bills. this is his biggest political test. i was amazed in the past week over the holiday week how many republican sources rank-and-file and senior republicans were texting about their discontent, raising possible ouster, no one is going that far but it is in the air, of speaker johnson. this is a test. he told me today how he is reacting to public and private calls of discontent. >> a lot of people disagree with us staying home during the shutdown, but we won the shutdown because of that. in a midterm cycle, we have very small margins, and people have their emotions a

the white house has admitted what the secretary denied, and we cannot ignore what that means. the department of defense law of war manual states that members of the armed forces must refuse to comply with clearly illegal orders, including law of war violations. it even provides a definition and an example to avoid confusion. and i quote, for example, orders to fire upon the shipwreck would be clearly illegal. this is not a complex legal theory. this is not a gray area. the manual addresses this exact situation with crystal clarity. orders to fire upon the shipwreck are clearly illegal. and this principle has been long ingrained in the department of defense and the navy. multiple legal experts, including former judge advocate generals, have stated that if this reporting is accurate, this strike appears to constitute a war crime. indeed, many of my republican colleagues have joined democrats in recognizing that the reported facts of this strike would be clearly illegal. and yet, in his own words yesterday, the secretary of defense claimed that the second strike was, quote, the c

underground dungeon makeshift studio, possibly in wyoming or oklahoma, not from the guy in the white house, your initial thoughts please, well one would think that that uh, even of though we understand and we know that... white supremacy is at the core of the us settler colonial experience, of the leaders of of this nation have been quite careful in masking that reality by using language, rhetoric that obscured the fact that many people in the us still embraced and still saw white supremacy as a a central organizing. for their understanding of themselves and their nation, so this this rhetoric used by the president is is of quite of unprecedented, but it also suggests something though, it cannot be normalized, it should not be normalized, there should of be an outcry not just on the part of the people in the us, but it should be an outcry from leaders across the of planet, i don't... "i have not seen any of combination of donald trump of from any of the leaders uh at this point, but i think that that needs to take place, because as the congresswoman said few seconds ago, this is a dangerou

should the white house release that information? clear that the people they are targeting are indeed, as they say, drug traffickers? well, sue me, i would also argue that congress should be briefed on this issue, which we have not. i mean, only the armed services committee has received any information about these vessels being fired upon. i do believe, though, under article two, self-defence under the constitution, the president has those inherent authorities and powers in international water against, in this case, enemy combatants as a foreign terrorist organisation designation. however, i do think congress needs to be briefed on this. if this continues or does go into venezuela waters or land territory, that would invoke the war powers act, which my committee, the foreign affairs committee, would have jurisdiction over. so we would like to have those briefings. it's hard to speculate on all this, but as i see it from a policy standpoint, we have the land border that we have secured now. i think very well. my home state of texas, p

if you read the headlines about the pentagon and the white house, it's very difficult to understand what'sgoing on there; there's too much politics and talk around it, but the people at the lower levels, those who... they don military uniforms every day, actively learning from the lessons ukraine is teaching us. for example, new instructions have been introduced, similar to those in ukraine: procedures allowing battalion-level commanders to procure the equipment their units need independently, without waiting for decisions from headquarters, whether it's the army or navy command at the pentagon, taking into account their own needs. they also emphasize practical exercises with new systems that anyone can provide. many drones in ukrainian the battlefield wasn't assembled by giant corporations, literally in garages, so now the gates are open for many experimental and young companies to test the system at training grounds under conditions simulating those we see in ukraine. these two changes alone are very significant shifts, plus new combat concepts adapted to drone warfare. and i think in th

we have wonderful people working in the white house.his building was a bit like the country, it was mishandled, mistreated, and now it is being given love. i think we are building the greatest ballroom. we needed it for 150 years. you can see the trucks and cranes and excavators in the background. every time i hear them, i love the sound. i would not say my wife is thrilled. [laughter] she hears pile drivers in the background all day, all night. 12:00 in the evening, day, night. darling, could you turn off the pile drivers? sorry. that is progress. [laughter] no, we are doing great. i think it will be the finest ballroom ever built. they have wanted it for 150 years. i will end by saying i want to thank the cabinet. time flies. this is our last of the year. i think you have done a fantastic job. we will go around the room quickly and start with pete and you will tell us about some of the achievements. some of you have achievements that are so big, i don't want you to go through the whole thing. if you want, we will take questions at the

and so lensky came to the white house, and he was suddenly sounding pro ukrainian, but you know, it keeps going back and forth. and i fear that with trump. cuz default mode is pro russian. that steve, what coughing particular seems to be a very credulous envoy who basically believes a lot of what put and tell somebody, even though any experience negotiator would know that everything that put in the saying is a lie. a rush or the russian narrative in this that pretty much frozen more is that it has the upper hand on the battlefield. it says ukraine, i need your pin allies need to take that into account. does the company and have it for it? no, uh, to since the war began and in 2022 uh, russian forces have hardly advanced since the early days of the war. and they've suffered roughly a 1000000 casualties killed and wounded. it's. they are not making any real progress. they're interesting along on her roughly the cost, and one of the demands that put in is making them go, she ations is he wants the ukrainians, the hand over the risk of done the rest of donuts province to the russians. even th

should the white color="#ffff00">house house release that information? so so it's clear that the people they they are targeting are indeed, as as they say, drug traffickers? well, well, sue me, i would also argue argue that congress should be briefed briefed on this issue, which we have have not. i mean, only the armed armed services committee has received received any information about these these vessels being fired upon. i i